Grimdark is a subgenre of speculative fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly dystopian, amoral, and violent. The term is inspired...
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Grimdark Future is a free to play tabletop miniature wargame created by One Page Rules. It is inspired by Warhammer 40,000 by Games Workshop, but designed...
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is a subgenre of speculative fiction, conceived of as the opposite of grimdark. Works in the hopepunk subgenre are about characters fighting for positive...
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The Burning God is a grimdark fantasy novel by American writer R. F. Kuang and published by Harper Voyager on November 17, 2020, as the third and final...
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2018 novel by R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager. The Poppy War, a grimdark fantasy, draws its plot and politics from mid-20th-century China, with...
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well as several other standalone works, and has been styled the "Queen of Grimdark". Smith Spark is from Bishop's Stortford, where she was educated at The...
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The Dragon Republic is a grimdark fantasy novel written by R. F. Kuang and published by HarperCollins. The book was published on August 6, 2019, as a sequel...
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Adrian (October 21, 2021). "REVIEW: Hammer and Bolter Episode 4: Fangs". Grimdark Magazine. Crowther, Matt (August 21, 2021). "Hammer and Bolter – Old Bale...
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"dazzlingly suspenseful" and "space opera at its best". In a review for Grimdark Magazine, Carrie Chi Lough praised the novel's nuanced characterization...
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darkness and its re-interpretation of classic fairy tale tropes. A review in Grimdark Magazine praised the "twisted mix of morbid horror and sweet delight" as...
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and depth of its setting, and is considered the foundational work of the grimdark genre of speculative fiction. Warhammer 40,000 has spawned many spin-off...
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2023). "REVIEW: The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emmanuel and Willie Block". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2024. Wiseman, Andreas (April 14, 2021). "Markiplier...
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Dark fantasy role-playing games Dark fantasy role-playing video games Grimdark Paranormal fiction Occult detective Science fantasy Splatterpunk Supernatural...
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Mythic 2 (Alchemy Press, 2014), ISBN 978-0-9573489-9-8 "Shadow Hunter" in Grimdark Magazine, issue #1 Feast and Famine (New Con Press, 2013), ISBN 978-1907069543...
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macabre, tone poem written in 1874 by Camille Saint-Saëns Graphic violence Grimdark Horror fiction Memento mori, symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the...
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2022). "Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus review - "An approachable strategy to a grimdark future"". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved...
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ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-14. Elsam, Sara (2020-02-05). "Ultra grimdark tabletop RPG Mörk Borg comes with its own doom metal playlist". Dicebreaker...
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a character type we see very infrequently in this genre". A review in Grimdark Magazine praised the "nuanced treatment of queer characters within the...
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Pornokitsch, Jared Shurin felt that the novel should not be classified as "grimdark" because the protagonist Maia Drazhar more closely fits a high fantasy...
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"Select Mode" (2013) released in Unfettered "Bad Seed" (2014) released in Grimdark Magazine issue No. 1 During the Dance" (2014) A free standalone short story...
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by Jay Kristoff". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved 2023-02-16. Denton, Fiona (2021-11-03). "REVIEW: Nevernight by Jay Kristoff". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved...
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Fairy tale Parody Fantastique Of manners Folklore Gaslamp Ghost story Grimdark Hard High Historical Isekai LitRPG Lovecraftian horror Low Magical girl...
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Thrones creates ripple effect and rise of "grimdark" fiction". CBC News. Retrieved August 25, 2021. "25+ Grimdark Books to Add Some Grit to Your Reading List"...
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The Forgetting Moon is a 2016 grimdark epic fantasy novel by Brian Lee Durfee, published through Saga Press. A young boy, Nail, is orphaned and subsequently...
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Comedy Zombie Creepypasta Cosmic Dark fantasy Dark Romanticism Faustian Grimdark Splatterpunk Erotic Guro Monster erotica Zombie pornography Folk Ghost...
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(April 23, 2020). "MOVIE REVIEW: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)". Grimdark Magazine. Retrieved August 13, 2024. "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)...
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Linward, Timothy (8 June 2023). "Ex-Warhammer dev previews rules for new grimdark wargame". Wargamer. Retrieved 14 May 2024. Linward, Timothy (9 May 2023)...
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Berrow, Sally (June 13, 2023). "Review: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros". Grimdark Magazine. "What Condition Does Violet Have in Fourth Wing? Rebecca Yarros...
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conclusion to this dark and bloody tale." Publishers Weekly and Fiona Denton of Grimdark Magazine wrote that the book satisfyingly concluded the trilogy's plot...
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series the most successful and popular example of the emerging subgenre of grimdark fantasy. Setting out to write something on an epic scale, Martin projected...
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